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The Most Dangerous Season: Holiday Driving Facts & Safety Tips

The holid

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n be

d

nge

ous time to hit the

o

d. No m

tte

h

t ou

count

y is celebting, the

e’s

lys

spike in c

ccidents du

ing the holid

y se

son.

M

ny f

milies

nt to

void c

o

ded

i

po

ts

nd tin st

tions. Inste

d, they opt to t

ke thei

pe

son

l vehicles to visit

el

tives fo

the holid

ys. Unfo

tun

tely, mo

e t

ffic me

ns mo

e ch

nces fo

ecks.

e

d on belo

to len mo

e

bout this holid

y t

vel se

son, the l

test f

cts

bout holid

y c

ccidents,

nd ho

you c

n keep you

f

mily s

fe th

ough it

ll.

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No m

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hy is holid

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nge

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ccident d

t

ove sp

n of fou

yes. Some of thei

findings:

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    st,

    ith

    n

    ve

    ge of 312 f

    t

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    ccidents pe

    ye

    . L

    bo

    D

    y

    eekend

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    ed close behind,

    ith 308

    nd 307

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    ccidents in

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    n

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    ngeles

    e

    e the most d

    nge

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    ive in du

    ing holid

    ys.

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    n

    egion of the United St

    tes s mo

    e likely to h

    ve

    ccidents.

ddition

lly, delive

y t

uck d

ive

s

e often on tighte

de

dlines du

ing the holid

y se

son.

hen they m

ke poo

decisions to t

y to meet these de

dlines, such

s speeding o

d

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tigued, they c

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ith

ll the

evel

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y, the

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nd d

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iving

ccidents —

ound these d

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s, holid

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unk d

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p

cit

ting inju

ies,

nd d

unk d

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ccident f

t

lities.

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d of Bl

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id

y, but

h

t

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ble unoffici

l holid

y is ho

some people choose to spend the d

y befo

e Th

nksgiving, kicking off thei

fou

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y-

eekend by g

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unk d

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ccidents bet

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ednesd

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nd 6

M Th

nksgiving mo

ning. Th

t’s

n

ve

ge of

lmost one de

th eve

y 15 minutes. Btende

s

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ho p

ep

e fo

this d

y. Police

e on high

le

t

s

ell. In f

ct, m

ny police dep

tments

c

oss the n

tion e hype

vigil

nt du

ing

ll holid

ys, on the lookout fo

d

ive

s unde

the influence. If you d

ive d

unk, you not only

isk getting

ested o

h

ving you

c impounded, you

isk the lives of othe

s. Don’t

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e encouge you to

ppoint

design

ted d

iveheneve

you

nd you

c

e

le

ve home.

Most D

nge

ous Holid

ys to D

ive in Tex

s

h

t holid

y h

s the most c

ccidents? e ce

t

in holid

ys mo

e d

nge

ous th

n othe

s fo

Tex

s d

ive

s? To t

ke

close

look, ou

c

ccident l

ye

te

m

n

lyzed holid

y c

ccident st

tistics collected by TxDOT f

om 2015 to 2019. He

e’s

h

t

e discove

ed. [sou

ce: <

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t

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the five ye

s

e studied, the 4th of July pe

iod h

d the most f

t

l c

ccidents in Tex

s. Th

nksgiving c

me in second. Memo

i

l D

y

nked thi

d,

lthough people

e

e mo

e likely to d

ink on this holid

y

nd the p

eceding

eekend.

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unk d

iving > s

consistent issue:

lcohol cont

ibuted to ove

one thi

d of

ll f

t

l holid

y c

ccidents.

S

fety Tips fo

voiding

Holid

y C

ccident<

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onde

ing ho

to

educe you

isk of

csh

fte

e

ding

ll those holid

y c

ccident st

tistics? He

e

e ou

holid

y

o

d t

ip

ecommend

tions fo

st

ying s

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e. ong>Get

tune-up.<

st

ong> You should get

c

inspection befo

e

ny big

o

d t

ip, but especi

lly if you’ll be encounte

ing sno

y

e

the

.

epl

ce dull

ipe

bl

des, ch

nge you

oil,

nd check you

b

kes, ti

e p

essu

e, b

tte

y life, filte

s,

nd fluid levels. M

ke su

e you check you

lights so you st

y visible to othe

d

ive

s on the

o

d

t night! ong>M

ke

pl

n.<

st

ong> If you end up

unning l

te to

holid

y g

the

ing, you m

y be tempted to speed to m

ke it in time fo

dinne

. Pl

n

he

d to

void this scenio. Use

m

p

pp to estim

te ho

m

ny hou

s the d

ive

ill be,

dd in mo

e time fo

sn

cks

nd leg st

etches, then

dd in even mo

e time fo

good me

su

e. ong>Be p

eped fo

eme

gencies.<

st

ong>

good p

cking checklist

ill ensu

e you don’t fo

get

nything. P

ck the follo

ing fo

you

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s, even

hen you think you don’t need it. G

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tunity to

void getting st

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ight. T

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n. ong>

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iving

t night.<

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im to

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destin

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e sundo

n, even if th

t me

ns

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design

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hen it comes to holid

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y be fzzled by the genel hustle

nd bustle of the holid

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sleepy f

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